It's been one week and a day since the terribly disappointing season ending episode of "Downton Abbey." I do like a well made dramatic series, so Downton's seasonal close leaves a void. One we are attempting to fill by watching "House of Cards," the newly released...
How Adams’ Arrived At His Endless Horizons of Meaning
Thanks to advances in point-and-shoot technology, everyone's a photographer today, or so we imagine. Of course, taking pictures for fun is a different practice altogether than making images of artistic quality with a camera. For more information on the latter, please...
My Three Words for 2013
Chris Brogan has unleashed a meme, or narrative construct, that helps sum up what you want to work on, change or improve in the coming year. My friend, Dian Crawford, is participating in #mythreewords. Her three words are "Velocity, Simplicity and Laughter." I had to...
2012—The Year In Place
Oregon, as great as it is, is a long ways from a lot of people we love. Which means we must travel to our people, and the special places where they reside. Of course, we were not able to go everywhere and see everyone during 2012, but we did spend time with family and...
Lilac Rain, Unbroken Chain
It took me eight years, but I finally did purchase and read every word of Phil Lesh's autobiography, Searching for the Sound. I am glad I did, as Phil offers us his humanity and his immense mind with this telling. It's also the only first person account of the...